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June 30, 2017 Legislative Update 2017-2018 Budget HighlightsClick HERE for full budget text. Overall, the compromise budget of 2017- 2018 treats teachers and education stakeholders better than most recent budgets. The entire budget spends $23 billion which represents a 3% increase over the 2016-2017 budget. $9 billion of the budget is funding for K-12 education which is an increase of 3.5% over the previous budget. The highlight for teachers is a 3.3% pay raise for 2017-2018 and an average 9.6% raise for year 2018-2019. This is certainly good news to teachers. Salary schedules are posted at the bottom of this report. PENC is pleased to see serious increases to teacher salaries and looks forward to working with lawmakers moving forward. Although there are items of concern to educators (which will be listed at the end of the budget highlights), the budget and subsequent policy is generally favorable to PENC members. Below is a summary of key items of interest from the budget. Budget Highlights
Below are some items of concern to educators. However, the impact of these changes will likely not be immediately evident.
New Teacher Salary Schedule
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